Powerdirector suggestion

Big K.

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2018 15:21 Messages: 7 Offline

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Mar 31, 2019 19:01

I look but I didn't find where may I post suggestions for future releases. So, I am doing it here.
I would like to have the option to scrub (move) entire timeline (all tracks) with something like shift+click like Camtasia has.

That is very useful in Camtasia, while in PD we must grab every single item on all the track to make space.

That is it.

I hope Cyberlink will make something like this possible.

Regards,

DG

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 19:06

Ctrl A not a viable option for you? Or the mouse lasso?

From PD's File menu Rate Us & Provide Suggestions.

Jeff

Big K.

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2018 15:21 Messages: 7 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 19:12

Quote Ctrl A not a viable option for you? Or the mouse lasso?

From PD's File menu Rate Us & Provide Suggestions.

Jeff

Hi Jeff.

Nope. That grabs averything.

We all need to make a hole sometimes in our project, and current way of doing it is not good.

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 19:17

Ctrl A grabs everything, correct, I thought that's what "entire timeline (all tracks)" would mean.

I guess lasso or deselect from Ctrl A might be an option for your partial select then.

Jeff

Big K.

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2018 15:21 Messages: 7 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 19:21

That is the way I do it now. I guess you never used Camtasia so you cannot understand how useful is that click/move thing.
When You have 4-5 tracks full with many stuff it is easy to skip something that ruins your project. Then undo, and again,.. very time consuming.

I hope Cyberlink people will see it even if You don't.

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 19:29

I've never had the lasso miss anything, everything between the selection box get selected for possible move. A shift drop easily adds the selected content to a timeline and shifts all tracks to the right too, maybe that might help.

Simply put your suggestion to CL in the area provided earlier, PD's File menu Rate Us & Provide Suggestions.

Jeff

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Mar 31, 2019 20:07

Hi DG -

The difference between the two is how the playhead functions. In PDR it's necessary to either select timeline media to move it or insert other media to have it "ripple". In Camtasia, it's possible to place the playhead at a certain point then move everything to the right of the playhead.

To my knowledge, there's no combination of keys that can make PDR do anything similar.

As Jeff has pointed out, a suggestion that such a feature be incorporated into PDR can be put via File > Rate Us & Provide Suggestions.

Cheers - Tony
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Big K.

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2018 15:21 Messages: 7 Offline

Apr 01, 2019 18:39

Quote Hi DG -

The difference between the two is how the playhead functions. In PDR it's necessary to either select timeline media to move it or insert other media to have it "ripple". In Camtasia, it's possible to place the playhead at a certain point then move everything to the right of the playhead.

To my knowledge, there's no combination of keys that can make PDR do anything similar.

As Jeff has pointed out, a suggestion that such a feature be incorporated into PDR can be put via File > Rate Us & Provide Suggestions.

Cheers - Tony

Tony, I did it. I don't hold my breath, but you never know.

Regards,

K.